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(No Model.) v I G. B. LINDSEY & D. N. GODDARD.

HAME TUG.

No. 310,693. Patented'Jan. 13, 1885.

TVITNESSES f C.

UNTTED STATES PATENT rric.

CHARLES E. LINDSEY AND DAVID N. GODDARD, OF MOUNT VERNON, ILL.

HAME-TUG.

k, SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 310,693, dated January 13, 1885.

Application filed April 26, 1884. (No model.)

To ctZZ whom it may concern: 7 tags, and upon the upper side thereof, is pro- Be it known that we, CHARLES B.L1N1 snr vided an opening, which approximates the and DAVID N. GODDARD, citizens of the United form of a Roman cross, as clearly shown. The 55 States,residing at Mount Vernon,in the county opposite end of the hame section or tug is 5 of Jefferson and State of Illinois, have inprovided with an outwardly-projecting eXtenvented a new and useful Hame-Tug, of which sion, which is turned downwardly to form a the following is a specification, reference behook, B, said hook being adapted to engage ing had to the accompanying drawings. the transverse bar of the next adjacent sec- 60 Our invention relates to hame'tugs; and it tion.

has for its object to provide the sections of Orepresents the trace-plate, whichis slightthe same with improved means for the attachly reduced at the point of its attachment to ment of the plate carried by the trace,wl1creby the trace, and is provided with perforations the same may be readily attached to and defor the passage of rivets or other suitable se- 6 5 tached from said hame-sections, and yet in curing means. Upon the under side of the I 5 such manner that they will be securely held forward end of this trace-plate G is provided therein when attached,and all liability of their a downwardly-proiecting lug, D, which has displacement being overcome. formed integral therewith, and projecting at A further object of the invention provides right angles thereto from either side, a cross- 70 improved means for connecting the tugs or piece, (I, which is flush with its upper edge.

sections one to the other, and, further, to pro- It will thus be seen that the trace-plate is vide devices of this character which shall be provided with means for its attachment to the simple in their construction, which shall be hame tugs or sections to correspond with the durable in use, and may be manufactured and opening of the liame-tug,which, as bOiDl01llQll- 7 supplied at a slight cost. tioned, is of a Romancross shape.

2 5 \Vith these ends in view the invention 0011- 1 In the operation of the above-described desists in the peculiar construction of slot for vices the hame-sections are connected 0 a the reception of ii-hetrace-plate, and in the with another by means of the hooked ends construction of the trace-plate to be connected engaging the transverse bar onthe next adja- 8o t w cent section. The lug on the under side of The invention further consists in certain the trace-plate is then inserted in the opening details of construction and combinations of of the hame-tug and drawn to the rear end parts, hereinafter fully described, and pointed thereof, the cross-strip bearing against the out in the claim. under sides of the tug in rear of the trans- $5 In the drawings, Figure l is a side view verse opening. The drawing or pulling of the showing my improved hame-tugs connected, lug on the trace-plate is allowed by reason of showing the trace-plate connected therewith. the longitudinal slot in the hame-section being Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the trace-plate longer-than the correspcurling-shapedlug upon and one of the hame-sections, and Fig. 3 is a the said trace-plate. Ely this means of secur- 9 detail View of a modified form of hame-tug ing or attaching the traceto the hame-sections 0 and trace-plate. all liability of the disengagement is prevented In the accompanying drawings, in which and a reliable and efficient attaching means like letters of reference indicate correspondprovided. ing parts in the several figures, A represents In Fig. 3 we have shown a modification, in the hames, which are preferably cast,and made which case the slot upon the hame-sections are 5 substantiallyrectangularinform. Thesehamerectangular in form, and the trace-plate prosections A are formed with downwardly-exvided with a correspondiugly-shaped lug of tending sides, which said. ends project outsomewhat smaller dimensions. In this case wardly beyond the body portion at one end, the lug on the under side of the said trace-plate and are connected by means of a transverse is inserted by first passing one end of the lug 50 bar, Z, for the attachment of the hook of the into the opening and to the forward end thereadjacent section, as will be more fully deof, and then dropping the remaining portion scribed. At about the center of the hameof the lug :into said openin hen draft is applied, all possibility of their separation is prevented.

It will be seen from the above description that by the. use of the devices constructed by us an effective and reliable means for the connection of the hame-seetions is provided, and also that the means for the attachment of the trace-plate are simple, thoroughly eflicient, and easily attached to or detached from one another.

We are aware that previous to our invention hame-tngs have been provided with a hook at one end and a crossbar at the other end to receive the hook of the adjacent tug.

We are also aware that hame-tugs have been provided with various forms of openings to receive a correspondingly-shaped lug of the trace-plate. Our invention differs from these,

however, in the peculiar formation of the hame-tug opening and trace-plate lug to engage the same; hence we make no broad claim to the construction'shown and described; but,

Having fully described our invention, what l we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As an improvement in hame-tugs, the herein-describcd adjustable tug, comprising a se ries'of detachable sections, each of which is provided with an opening in the form of a Roman cross, as shown, in combination with the trace-plate G, having a downwardly-pro jecting lug, D, provided with a cross-piece, d, formed integral therewith and projecting at right angles thereto, said cross-piece being ,flush with the upper edge of the lug and adapted to hold the trace-plate in its adjusted position, as set. forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES E. LINDSEY. DAVID N. GODDARD.

\Vitnesses:

[1. M. GRAY, GEO. W. HOWARD. 

